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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JBK, post: 161154, member: 1101&quot;]My six year old niece had me help her with her homework this week - they were learning about money.</p><p><br /></p><p>Her task was to get some &quot;nickels&quot; and then decide how many &quot;pennies&quot; they were worth.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am all in favor of teaching kids the common usage lingo, but telling them that five &quot;pennies&quot; (when they say ONE CENT on the back) are worth one &quot;nickel&quot; (which says FIVE CENTS on the back) started getting confusing.&nbsp; It seems that thge powers that be are indoctrinating our kids with bad or misleading info on coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>I also see how foreigners would be lost in coin matters.&nbsp; A five cent piece is universally called a nickel, then there is ONE DIME which is equal to ten cents, and the &quot;quarter&quot; which is 25 cents.&nbsp; I am almost confused myself when I think about it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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